[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 161 (Tuesday, August 22, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39788-39790]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-17699]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-17-0740; Docket No. CDC-2017-0060]
Proposed Data Collection Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of
Health and Human Services (HHS).
ACTION: Notice with comment period.
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SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), as part
of its continuing effort to reduce public burden and maximize the
utility of government information, invites the general public and other
Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on proposed and/or
continuing information collections, as required by the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995. This notice invites comment on the Medical
Monitoring Project, which collects interview and medical record data on
a probability sample of HIV-diagnosed persons in order to provide
national estimates of access to and utilization of HIV-related medical
care and services, the quality of HIV-related ambulatory care, and HIV-
related behaviors and clinical outcomes.
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before October 23, 2017.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by Docket No. CDC-2017-
0060 by any of the following methods:
Federal eRulemaking Portal: Regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
Mail: Leroy A. Richardson, Information Collection Review
Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton Road
NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329.
Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name
and Docket Number. All relevant comments received will be posted
without change to Regulations.gov, including any personal information
provided. For access to the docket to read background documents or
comments received, go to Regulations.gov.
Please note: All public comment should be submitted through the
Federal eRulemaking portal (regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the
address listed above.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the information collection plan
and instruments, contact Leroy Richardson, Information Collection
Review Office, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton
Road NE., MS-D74, Atlanta, Georgia 30329; phone: 404-639-7570; Email:
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
(PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501-3520), Federal agencies must obtain approval from
the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for each collection of
information they conduct or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also requires
Federal agencies to provide a 60-day notice in the Federal Register
concerning each proposed collection of information, including each new
proposed collection, each proposed extension of existing collection of
information, and each reinstatement of previously approved information
collection before submitting the collection to OMB for approval. To
comply with this requirement, we are
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publishing this notice of a proposed data collection as described
below.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; (d) ways to
minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology; and (e) estimates of capital or start-
up costs and costs of operation, maintenance, and purchase of services
to provide information. Burden means the total time, effort, or
financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain,
disclose or provide information to or for a Federal agency. This
includes the time needed to review instructions; to develop, acquire,
install and utilize technology and systems for the purpose of
collecting, validating and verifying information, processing and
maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; to
train personnel and to be able to respond to a collection of
information, to search data sources, to complete and review the
collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise disclose the
information.
Proposed Project
Medical Monitoring Project (MMP)--(OMB Control Number 0920-0740
Expiration 6/30/2018)--Revision--National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral
Hepatitis, STD, and TB Prevention (NCHHSTP), Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Division of
HIV/AIDS Prevention (DHAP) requests a revision of the currently
approved Information Collection Request: ``Medical Monitoring Project''
expiring June 30, 2018. This data collection addresses the need for
national estimates of access to and utilization of HIV-related medical
care and services, the quality of HIV-related ambulatory care, and HIV-
related behaviors and clinical outcomes.
For the proposed project, the same data collection methods will be
used as for the currently approved project. Data would be collected
from a probability sample of HIV-diagnosed adults in the U.S. who
consent to an interview and abstraction of their medical records. As
for the currently approved project, de-identified information would
also be extracted from HIV case surveillance records for a dataset,
referred to as the minimum dataset, which is used to assess non-
response bias, for quality control, to improve the ability of MMP to
monitor ongoing care and treatment of HIV-infected persons, and to make
inferences from the MMP sample to HIV-diagnosed persons nationally.
No other Federal agency collects such nationally representative
population-based information from HIV-diagnosed adults. The data are
expected to have significant implications for policy, program
development, and resource allocation at the state/local and national
levels.
The changes proposed in this request update the data collection
system to meet prevailing information needs and enhance the value of
MMP data, while remaining within the scope of the currently approved
project purpose. The result is a 11% reduction in burden, or a
reduction of 786 total burden hours annually. Specifically, the removal
of three unfunded project areas reduces the number of interviews
conducted and the number of persons for whom healthcare facility staff
will be asked for contact information, assistance with approaching for
participation, and pulling medical records.
Changes were made that did not affect the burden, listed below:
Sampled persons found to have resided in a non-funded
project area on the date of sampling will be considered ineligible for
the project, because non-funded project areas were deemed ineligible in
the first stage of sampling.
Tracking data reports will no longer be sent to CDC, as
this information is no longer needed.
The average token of appreciation for participants has
been increased from $25 to $50.
Changes have been made to the respondent consent form to
decrease the reading comprehension level and clarify whom participants
should contact for different concerns.
Forty-two data elements were removed from the minimum data
set and forty data elements were added. Because these data elements are
extracted from the HIV surveillance system from which they are sampled,
these changes do not affect the burden of the project.
This proposed data collection would supplement the National HIV
Surveillance System (NHSS, OMB Control No. 0920-0573, Exp. 6/30/2019)
in 23 selected state and local health departments, which collect
information on persons diagnosed with, living with, and dying from HIV
infection and AIDS.
The participation of respondents is voluntary. There is no cost to
the respondents other than their time. Through their participation,
respondents will help to improve programs to prevent HIV infection as
well as services for those who already have HIV.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Total response
Type of respondent Form name Number of responses per Average hours burden
respondents respondent per response (hours)
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Sampled, Eligible HIV-Infected Interview 7,760 1 45/60 5,820
Persons. Questionnaire.
Facility office staff looking N/A............. 1,940 1 2/60 65
up contact information.
Facility office staff N/A............. 970 1 5/60 81
approaching sampled persons
for enrollment.
Facility office staff pulling N/A............. 7,760 1 3/60 388
medical records.
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Total..................... ................ .............. .............. .............. 6,354
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2017-17699 Filed 8-21-17; 8:45 am]
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